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78 ICONES PLANTARUM 



Plate 1500 



RCEPEBOCHARIS BENNETTIANA, Beichb.fil 



Orchidace^, Tribe OrnRYBE-ffi. 



R. Bennettiana, Beichh. fil, Otia BoL Eaml. 1881, p. 104 ; foliis 



arrectis infra energetice trinerviis lineari-lanceolatis ad 5, vaginis 

 squamosis snprapositis 3-4, racemo densifloro cylindraceo usque 

 spitLamgeo, bracteis lanceolatis flores subaequantibus, sepalo impari 



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ovato-triangulo, sepalis lateralibns curvatis oblongis acntis arrectis, 

 tepalis a basi semiovata triangulo uncinatis, apice convoliitis antrorsum. 

 curvatis, labello tripartite, partitionibus linearibus lateralibns ascen- 

 denti- curvatis, calcari cylindraceo obtuso ovario paulo breviori, stigma- 

 tum brachiis superioribus ligulatis apice lobulatis. 



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Hab. ExTigre v. Begember, Sclmnper (No. 1327). 

 CaiiUs validus l|-3-ped. v. altior. 



As my colleague, Mr. N. E. Brown, points out, Mr. Bentbam was 

 in error in referring this plant to Bisa (Gen. Plant, iii. 627), probably 

 througb misapprebension as to origin of the spur. Dr. Reicbenbacb's 

 generic diagnosis runs tbus ;— ** Affine Habenaria? : colunma latissimn, ^^ 



antbera! loculis antice abrnptis sine canalibus, rostello latissimo lami- ^^ 



nari antice in lacinias triangulas desccndente, stigmatis cruribus 

 ntrinque, deorsum et sursum porrectis, bine bicruribus.'* Tbe specific 

 description is nearly in Dr. ReicbenbacVs words. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Side view of flower. 2, Front view of column, lobes of labellum cut 

 short. 3. Follen-mass. 



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